Social Security

I realized something this evening whilst viewing Jon Stewart's hilarious explanation of what SS is and how the crisis that supposedly exists can be viewed. Social Security was created by that most esteemed of Republican presidents Franklin Roosevelt. And why did he create this program? It was created as a way to keep senior citizens out of poverty after the stock market went bust. So along comes Dick & W and what exactly do they propose? They want folks to put their money for SS into private accounts and the government will invest it in the stock market! What the fuck kinda sense does that make exactly? So the program is gonna be revamped to put money back into a failure that it was supposed to be the remedy for?
That is way over my head.

Gannon/Guckert/Whatever

I came across this from Talon News today. What a fascinating story:

Statement concerning former Washington, DC correspondent Jeff Gannon

Washington, DC reporter and White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon/Guckert/Gayboy submitted his resignation from our organization effective February 8, 2005. We sincerely hate gay men and the mere hint that Mr. Gannon or Guckert or Whatever His Name May Be has caused our hypocritical bowels to move in a slimy and heretofore unknown way has necessitated his removal.
Icky, icky. Yuckie Yoo!!!
I understand and support Jeff's decision, and I hope that he may find, through Christ, the ability to change his evil and hateful ways. I have accepted the resignation.
We are currently evaluating candidates to fill this critical assignment and plant in the oh-so friendly White House press room, without any kind of background clearance, another fluffler/"journalist" and anticipate minimal interruption of Talon's coverage of our nation's capitol and the White House in the meantime.
-- Robert R. Eberle, Ph.D.Editor in Chief, Talon News

That's the real statement, I merely cut and pasted it from the Talon News website. Whouda thunk such candor would come from those whacked-out nutjobs?

Mr. Thompson

I liked the guy. He wasn't full of shit, he liked drugs, he liked to drink, he liked guns and he was funnier than hell. I'm not much of a suicide fan, though. I think it's probably one of the most cowardly things a person can do unless they get to a certain terminal state when it is obvious that being alive is a painful, torturous nightmare. I've read that the guy couldn't get around like he was used to any more and perhaps all dignity was gone and he has every right to decide when it's time to go in that type of situation. I don't know.
Anyway, I'll miss your writings, Mr. Thompson, sir.

The Saga Continues...

You may remember your humble narrator's lonely and probably futile crusade to get Ms. Ann Cunter and her whacked-out, inaccurate, bullshit and completely racist column off the pages of Yahoo!. Well, a response was received from Yahoo!, here it is:

Hello,
Thank you for writing to Yahoo! News.Yahoo! strives to provide complete and balanced coverage of all news events. Our content sources vary by subject (World, Entertainment, Sports, etc.). Reuters and the Associated Press provide news in almost all categories on our site. They represent the majority of our daily story volume, but we also have many other providers.Please note that Yahoo! News does not write or edit any of the news or news artical on our site. If you have comments about the tone, angle, accuracy, or coverage of a story, please address them to the news provider directly.To identify the provider of a story, look at the upper-right corner of the page where you read the story. You'll see a graphic identifying the provider. A list of contact email addresses or web site links for all ofour news providers is at: http://help.yahoo.com/help/news/news-03.html
Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care.
Regards,Betty
Yahoo! Customer Care

Well blow me on down the pike! Yahoo! passed the buck! Now that's a big surprise! Golly, Betty, thanks for all of your help. Oh, and it's nice to see that you are continuing the trend of poor grammar and mispellings that is a symptom of the dumbing down of our society, but that's a whole 'nother story. Keep up the good work!
Well, I decided that I would contact www.uexpress.com and complain to them. I pretty much just cut and pasted my previous e-mail with a few minor modifications, so I won't bore the shit out of you dearest of readers with that again. But we shall see what UExpress has to say about the matter.
To be continued...

Preachin'

DO NOT PAINT THE PLANKS OF A SINKING SHIP!!!

PASSION!
POSSESSION!
POSITION!

THE MIND IS LIKE AN APE!!!

...drunk.

Crossing the Line

As all of you loyal readers out there know, Ann Cunter is not one of Billy Blog Bob's favourite "journalists". However, the latest article that this piece of shit wrote is way, way over the line. The article was about a Native American professor, Ward Churchill, who wrote an article regarding the fact that those in the WTC on 9/11 could perhaps be looked at an angle other than that of poor innocent folks who were murdered without provocation. I think that anyone who thinks or dissects world politics or history would probably agree with Mr. Churchill's assessment and not make like a whacked-out, right-wing nutjob and take his arguments completely out of context. But alas, we live in a world of ignorant fools who would rather believe that woman came from Adam's rib than what science has proven. Anyway, the title of Ms. Cunter's article was

THE LITTLE INJUN THAT COULD.

I SHIT YOU NOT!!!!
Where is the outrage?! Remember all of those Republican fuckheads who said that Democrats were being racist in their assessment of Condi Rice? Oh, shit, I'm sorry, they are silent on this one. Well, Yahoo printed this fucked-up, cokehead asshole's story, so I wrote this e-mail to them. Again, I wait with baited breathe for a response:

I want to report abuse by Yahoo for allowing this article by Ann Coulter to be published on Yahoo's website. The title of the article was THE LITTLE INJUN THAT COULD. Anyone who is living and breathing knows that this is a deeply offensive and racist title to an article. What if someone had written an article entitled LITTLE BLACK SAMBO CAN DO. Or JOSE THE WET-BACK GETS ACROSS. Yahoo has a duty to provide news and views that are free of hate speech. Yahoo has dropped the ball here big time. I urge Yahoo to print an apology and a retraction and cancel Ms. Coulter's columns from it's pages. I look forward to a response to this e-mail.

For Your Consideration

A great story in the NY Times today: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/politics/10terror.html?ex=1265778000&en=ae66933cccc7a4f2&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo

But you know what, had Dick & W Inc. not refused to make this here little humdinger public it wouldn't have made a bit of difference. The fact that they fucked up, big time, and 9/11 occurred on their watch, just doesn't matter to 51 percent of American voters. Those fools would still have voted for reduced education funding for their children, sending their jobs overseas and shifting the majority of the tax burden onto themselves because of their sheep-like nature and their hatred of women and gays.
God bless America.

Signs

I don't know about yins, but I've seen quite a few bumper stickers that say "What Would Jesus Do". Just saw one tonight while I was pickin' up my computatin' machine. It brought to mind a country song that I'd heard before, and it's really quite funny. I also think that it's a helluva lot more appropriate. Here is the best verse:

You know sometimes I wonder when I ain't gettin' nowhere
What would old Willie do when it all gets too much to bear
And I can see him on his lonely old tour bus
And he's got his problems just like any of us
Well he'd just take a deep breath and then he'd let it all go
And he'd take another deep breath and let it all go
And he'd take another deep breath...and he'd hold it
Ah and I bet he'd feel hungry in a way that seems strange
Yeah hungry for all the things that he just can't change
Like the time he passed out in is own bedroom
And his wife sewed him up in the sheets and beat him with a broom and he forgave her
And you think that's rough, well then the IRS came and they took away all of his stuff
They took his golf course and his recording studio, and he just went out and did another show
So when it's all coming down on you
You better ask yourself what would Willie do

Yessiree, sometimes when you find yourself in a bit of a pickle, you just gotta ask yourself:
Now, what would ol' Willie Nelson do?

Nuttin'

Finally got me computer back today. It had a virus and some malicious spy-ware on it. Nothing worked, no applications and definitely not the oh-so-necessary Internet Explorer. The tekkies over there at CompUSA seem to have fixed it. It sucked to part with the $100 bucks, but it was worth it.
My ma came for a way-too-long visit. Did a lotta things, but when she finally left yesterday, the visit's expiration date had long since passed.
Lookin' forward to a long road trip next week throughout the South. I'm drawing up plans for a nice Billy Blog Bob photojournal of the trip and if I can figure it out, I'll post some pitchers on this here site.
W released his budget. Many programs are to be cut including subsidies to Amtrak, assuming that portion of it passes. But why wouldn't it? W could take a big doody at the Lincoln Monument and decree that from that day forward, the day would have to be memorialized as W Doodies on Lincoln Day and there would be no opposition in sight. The children would love it, for they would receive a day off from school. Those folks who work for local, state and national governmental institutions and all bank employees would get a day off from work. Anyway, I used to really enjoy the Amtrak. I took it regurlarly from Toledo, OH to Minneapolis, MN during my college years. Had me some good times on the Amtrak. Did a lotta drinkin' with many different folks and even got a handjob from some strange chica one time under the Amtrak-issued blanket.
Amtrak, I will miss you.